As of July 1, 2024, the United States Census Bureau estimated the population of Hughson was 7,903.
2020 census As of the
2020 census, Hughson had a population of 7,481 and a population density of . The median age was 35.6 years. The age distribution was 27.9% under the age of 18, 9.1% aged 18 to 24, 25.8% aged 25 to 44, 22.4% aged 45 to 64, and 14.9% aged 65 or older. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.6 males age 18 and over. The census reported that 99.7% of the population lived in households, 0.3% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized. In total, 99.3% of residents lived in urban areas and 0.7% lived in rural areas. There were 2,393 households, of which 44.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 56.8% were married-couple households, 6.4% were
cohabiting couple households, 12.9% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present, and 23.8% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 18.3% of households were made up of individuals, and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.12. There were 1,839
families (76.8% of all households). There were 2,486 housing units at an average density of , of which 2,393 (96.3%) were occupied. Of the occupied units, 69.1% were owner-occupied and 30.9% were occupied by renters. Of all housing units, 3.7% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3% and the rental vacancy rate was 6.1%. The census reported that 6,621 people (99.7% of the population) lived in households, 17 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 2 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 2,069 households, 994 (48.0%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,258 (60.8%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 260 (12.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 110 (5.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 103 (5.0%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 20 (1.0%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 367 households (17.7%) were one person and 219 (10.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 3.20. There were 1,628 families (78.7% of households); the average family size was 3.64. The age distribution was 2,024 people (30.5%) under the age of 18, 678 people (10.2%) aged 18 to 24, 1,784 people (26.9%) aged 25 to 44, 1,438 people (21.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 716 people (10.8%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 32.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males. There were 2,234 housing units at an average density of 1,230.7 per square mile, of the occupied units 1,388 (67.1%) were owner-occupied and 681 (32.9%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 13.1%. 4,558 people (68.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,063 people (31.1%) lived in rental housing units. ==Politics==